Powers/Abilities: EL VALIENTE'S powers fall into 3 categories. When
El Valiente perished, benevolent aliens resurrected him and bestowed upon
him different powers, some obvious and others hidden. They only intervened
because they felt a great loss was about to occur to humanity if El Valiente
died.

1st power(s) is the obvious one, super strength, endurance, and agility which
lead his enemies to underestimate him when El Val uses his other powers.
His strength is on level with the Hulk, and like the Hulk in some respects,
the more punishment El Valiente receives, the stronger he becomes. His endurance
rivals that of Superman's toughness; he could take a full on punch from the
Big Red S and although it would probably knock him out, it wouldn't kill
him. His agility equals Captain America or Spider-Man, although El Valiente
cannot fly, he can leap tremendous distances, These are El Val's "meat-head"
powers.

2nd power works based on how much punishment El Valiente receives. As he
is pounded by blows or electrocuted or hurt in different ways, El Val builds
up "kinetic" energy for defensive purposes. His endurance builds to greater
heights and he can take more punishment. El Val can then choose to use this
energy in an offensive manner and can perform super-human acts that can rival
that of a full powered Superman taking on many enemies or one big bad villain.
This energy release is made audible by El Valiente's battle cry "ARRIBA LOS
TECNICOS!" which means "Rally the Heroes!" During the energy build up El
Valiente heals faster from damage he receives and can, if needed, heal others
with a discharge of the built up energy, even reviving the recently deceased

3rd power is a hidden power that El Valiente is not aware of and which is
probably his most valuable. This is the power of serendipity, meaning the
chance ability to change a situation through opportunity. For example, a
stalagmite sticking out of the ground, and El Val is fighting off a vampire,
he picks up the vampire and slams him on the stalagmite piercing its heart
and killing it. Different situations will present different opportunities
for this power to manifest itself.

There are other powers which have yet to be revealed.

History: A terrible tragedy befell El Valiente early in his career
that shaped him into the hero he would become. Valiente was murdered in the
ring by an agent working for his arch-nemesis Professor Terror. Professor
Terror has sworn a vendetta against the hero for something that occurred
in both of the men's past, this has something to do with the tragedy that
haunts El Val to this day. Like Moriarty to Sherlock Holmes, Professor Terror
is both EL Valiente's greatest ally and greatest enemy.

Resurrected by benevolent aliens, El Valiente has become a crimefighter and
monster hunter, the sworn protector of El Paso, TX. El Valiente keeps a vast
library and databank of all the monsters he has encountered, he is an avid
collector of apocrypha and seeks out old texts to better his knowledge of
those monsters he has vowed to vanquish.

Comments: Created and written by Ray Ramos, and illustrated by Elmer
Pasaoa.